Speaking to NME about the historic occasion, Freddie Cowan of The Vaccines said: “Obviously I wasn’t there the first time around, but I love the band and I think John Squire is amazing. I can’t wait to see it. It’s the one place in the world to be that day – Heaton Park with The Stone Roses, it’s going to be incredible. We’re just really happy to be at the centre of that. They’re a fucking great band – you can’t argue with that.”

Despite the excitement of the day, his bandmate Pete Robertson insisted that The Vaccines will not lose sight of the job in hand. He said: “At the end of the day it’s a very cool gig to be part of, but I like to think that we got the call because we’re quite good at what we do. So we’ve just got to go and do what we do.”

For a full preview of The Stone Roses’ Heaton Park gigs, pick up this week’s issue of the NME, which will hit newsstands on Wednesday and will also be available digitally.